After two orders went unanswered, Nanwusi experienced two more orders where customers were dissatisfied.
Logically speaking, with his current styling skills, Nan Wusi has put together an outfit that perfectly meets the customer's requirements and looks good on them. However, the customer still insists on being dissatisfied.
As for what exactly he was dissatisfied with, he couldn't specify, which frustrated Nan Wusi considerably.
On this particular day, the customer Nan Wusi was serving stayed in the fitting room for far too long, so Nan Wusi had to knock on the door to urge him to hurry up.
This customer spent more than twice as long trying on clothes as the other customers, and Nan Wusi even suspected that the lady might have run away through the window with the clothes or something.
After Nan Wusi knocked on the fitting room door three times, the lady finally came out with her maid.
However, she did not wear the clothes she tried on.
"Is there something you're not satisfied with, Madam?" Nan Wusi asked.
“Indeed, I’m not very satisfied with the effect of wearing it,” the lady said directly, and then turned and hurriedly left Dream Clothes Shop.
Nan Wusi frowned. This was too abnormal. Could it be another one of her rivals who couldn't stand her?
"Manager, I feel there's something wrong with that lady's maid," Tiger's mother said to Nan Wusi as she walked over.
"Sister Fang, did you discover something?" Nan Wusi asked, looking at Hu Zi's mother.
“I carefully examined the maid’s hands, and there were many tiny needle marks on them. I suspect that the lady’s maid was actually an embroiderer,” Tiger’s mother said, stating her judgment.
"An embroiderer? Could she really be sent from another clothing store?" Nan Wusi wondered to himself.
"Sister Fang, could you please have Hu Zi follow that lady?" Nan Wusi asked Hu Zi's mother for her opinion. She thought it would be better for Hu Zi to follow her, as he was not only clever but also less conspicuous.
"Okay," Tiger's mother readily agreed. Since she had worked at the Dream Clothing Shop for a few weeks, Tiger had been spending more time there. After all, this way Tiger could spend more time with his mother, and his mother felt more at ease.
After Tiger's mother entrusted this task to Tiger, he was overjoyed. He felt that his time to shine had finally come. He was happy to be able to help Sister Nan and his mother.
"Don't worry, Mom, I promise I'll complete the mission," Tiger said confidently.
"Yes, be careful," Tiger's mother couldn't help but remind him.
Tiger ran out in a flash; he remembered the lady from earlier.
Not long after, Tiger returned to Dream Clothes Shop.
"Sister Nan, I saw that lady enter the Liu residence. That house looks huge." Hu Zi reported to Nan Wusi as soon as he returned, and then described the route he had taken while following her.
However, Nan Wusi was getting a little dizzy from listening to the explanations, and she found that remembering the route was the most difficult part.
So she had no choice but to instruct Ye Zi to write down the route Hu Zi had mentioned, and then go and inquire about it further.
"Come in here."
Suddenly, Nan Wusi saw Madam Shang dragging a young man by the ear into Mengyifang.
"Madam Shang, what's going on?" Nan Wusi was completely bewildered.
"Manager Nan, I'm so sorry. I've brought this unfilial son here today to apologize to you." The apology on Madam Shang's face was genuine.
However, what Nan Wusi found strange was why Madam Shang would apologize to her.
Seeing Nan Wusi's confusion, Madam Shang explained, "Manager Nan, the matter is like this..."
It turns out that Madam Shang was afraid that Nan Wusi would misunderstand, so she didn't tell her what kind of business she was in. In fact, she ran Jinxiuge, one of the three major clothing stores in the capital, but she had now handed the store over to her son to manage.
Madam Shang had not noticed before that her son had recently become envious of Mengyifang's business and development, and was afraid that Jinxiuge's business would be taken away. So he planned to teach Nan Wusi a lesson. He found someone to impersonate Madam Shang to obtain two slots, but then he didn't have anyone come to actually make the clothes, which caused Nan Wusi to lose two orders for nothing.
It turned out that this was done by Madam Shang's son. Nan Wusi was stunned and didn't know how to react.
"Manager Nan, this was our fault. I will compensate you for the amount of these two orders," Madam Shang said sincerely, and she had already prepared the silver notes, which she asked a servant to hand over.
"Please, Manager Nan, be sure to accept this."
"Madam Shang, it's good that your son has admitted his mistake, so let's forget about the compensation." Nan Wusi was also a little embarrassed to accept such a large amount of compensation, after all, she hadn't contributed anything.
"Manager Nan, I appreciate your kindness, but the most important thing for a merchant is integrity. Since my unfilial son has done such a thing, we should naturally bear the losses caused to you. You don't need to feel any guilt." Madam Shang was very understanding and reasonable.
"Alright then." Nan Wu thought for a moment and accepted it, but she tried asking Madam Shang, "I happen to have four sets of clothes here that the guests didn't want. If Madam Shang is interested, I will give them to you."
"Really? That's wonderful." Madam Shang was indeed very interested in the clothes from Dream Clothes Shop, and she didn't mind even if other customers didn't want them.
Many of the clothes in Mengyifang have very unique styles. Showing her more clothes will also help with the design of her family's Jinxiu Pavilion.
So, with the money exchanged for the goods, the deal between Nan Wusi and Madam Shang was completed. Unexpectedly, it ended happily for everyone. Nan Wusi was also pleased.
"Don't worry, Manager Nan, I will definitely keep my unfilial son in check from now on, and such things will not happen again," Madam Shang promised Nan Wusi as she left.
"Thank you, Madam Shang." Nan Wusi nodded in thanks. Now that Madam Shang had made a promise, she believed that she would no longer have to worry about any underhanded attacks from Jinxiu Pavilion.
However, upon thinking about what Hu Zi's mother had said today, Nan Wusi felt somewhat worried. She couldn't understand why a lady would bring an embroiderer to her shop. Could it be that she wanted to make a copy? Nan Wusi was startled by this thought.
No, she needs to find out the truth about this as soon as possible.
So after returning to the General's Mansion, Nan Wusi went straight to his second brother's study. If anyone in the capital knew the most about these mansions, it would be his second brother, who was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Nan Wusi exclaimed, "Second brother, can you help me see whose residence this Liu mansion is?"
Nan Wusi handed the blueprints in his hand to Nan Wuyu.
Looking at the scribbles on the paper, Nan Wuyu's lips twitched; he simply couldn't understand them.
"Ye Zi, come and explain this to me." Nan Wusi said that he didn't understand it either, so he could only call Ye Zi over.
So Yezi explained it again, albeit haltingly.
With the help of the blueprints, Nan Wuyu finally understood and recognized whose residence it was.
Nan Wuyu asked, "Why are you asking this?"
So Nan Wusi recounted to Nan Wuyu what had happened at Mengyifang that day and Huzi's mother's speculations.
"I see." Nan Wuyu nodded, already having some guesses in his mind.
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